Conversion formula

The conversion factor from knots to feet per second is 1.6878098570997, which means that 1 knot is equal to 1.6878098570997 feet per second:

1 kt = 1.6878098570997 ft/s

To convert 5165 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5165 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from knots to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 kt → 1.6878098570997 ft/s

5165 kt → V_(ft/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:

V_(ft/s) = 5165 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8717.5379119201 ft/s

The final result is:

5165 kt → 8717.5379119201 ft/s

We conclude that 5165 knots is equivalent to 8717.5379119201 feet per second:

5165 knots = 8717.5379119201 feet per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 0.0001147112877631 × 5165 knots.

Another way is saying that 5165 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001147112877631 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five thousand one hundred sixty-five knots is approximately eight thousand seven hundred seventeen point five three eight feet per second:

5165 kt ≅ 8717.538 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times five thousand one hundred sixty-five knots.

Conversion table

knots to feet per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from knots to feet per second